Our society is moving rapidly towards electrification. Building electrification is good for the climate, good for our health, and good for our economy. We’ll all be using more electricity — it’s inevitable. Luckily, using all this extra electricity for our heating and our cars is inexpensive when you get it… Read More »Biggest Electrification Roadblock is Your Utility
Let’s dive into an opinion piece from none other than HPE’s very own Gene Kelly. His stance on the utilities mirrors our collective viewpoint here, and we genuinely hope that it resonates with you as well. This year we celebrate America’s 247th year of independence. It feels odd that we still need… Read More » Life, Liberty, and the Continued Pursuit of Energy Independence
The Hot Purple Energy All-Stars, aka Alien DNA, rocked the house at the 11th Annual Sammy’s International Meatball Festival! Congratulations to all of the winner! There were so many delicious recipes, we’re sure the judges had a hard time voting! The festival honors the late Sam Pace (of The Original Sammy’s… Read More »Meatball Festival
Highlights from the Carolyn Lumber Desert Invitational! We would like to personally thank the following: To the players and attendees, thank you for spending a beautiful Saturday evening with us to commemorate everything Carolyn has done for HPE & tennis over the years. To all of the Love & Love… Read More »Carolyn Lumber Desert Invitational
As we approach another Independence Day, we’d like to take a moment to celebrate the Independent Energy movement happening on a local and national scale. When Hot Purple Energy opened its doors over 10 years ago, we were on a mission to help our local community make the shift to… Read More »Celebrating Another Year of Energy Independence
How long will this fight for our right to solar our homes go on? Many homeowners are enjoying savings from solar, some are enjoying the freedom of having backup energy along with solar, and others are looking forward to it sometime in the future. As you sit in the AC… Read More »Defend California Rooftop Solar! Stop AB 1139!
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is making moves to potentially change the Net Energy Metering program yet again. In August of 2020, the CPUC formally commenced their proceeding to revisit the current NEM-2.0 program rules to essentially update them and develop NEM 3.0, the successor to NEM 2.0. The… Read More »NEM 3.0
Solar Tax Credit to Stay at 26% for Two More Years Last week, Congress passed a $900 billion COVID Relief package combined with a 1.4 trillion Omnibus Spending Bill providing extended funding and policy changes for several sectors this upcoming Fiscal Year (2021) bringing positive news to the renewable energy… Read More »Residential Solar Tax Credit Extended through 2023
Southern California Edison (SCE), the electric utility who services 14 million people across Southern California including most of the Coachella Valley filed an application through the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in August of 2019 to increase their electric utility rates by 14% to customers in 2021 that would net… Read More »SC Edison to Increase Electric Rates by 14%
If you live in Palm Springs, Cathedral City, and Palm Desert, you’ve probably heard about the new Community Choice Aggregator (CCA), Desert Community Energy (DCA). We’ve been getting a lot of inquiries in regard to the new CCA from existing clients as well as new potential clients and we would… Read More »What You Should Know About the New CCA | Desert Community Energy
The California Public Utilities Commission has released new guidelines in the California Solar Protection Guide that will protect homeowners going solar. The CPUC will now require all solar companies to upload a copy of the guide to the utility (SCE) signed by the consumer coming September 30th, 2019. Solar has… Read More »The Best Solar Resource | CPUC’s California Solar Protection Guide
Powerwall Enables Homeowners to Access Lower Utility Rates | Balance Time-of-Use -Take both a $2,900 Rebate and a 30% Tax Credit in 2019- Battery storage takes excess energy produced from your solar system and stores it for future use when demand cost is high —or during blackouts and natural disasters.… Read More »6 Reasons to Powerwall This Fall
